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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. If you could imagine 14 year old Ann of Green Gables dying of brain cancer, you would know the heroine of this book. And, she is a heroine, the way she deals with her dying and the way she finds time and understanding for other people’s problems. And she narrates her situation with humour and power of observation. She is a voice telling the story that actually makes you want to listen and read to the end without putting the book down. Everybody else in the book is a little too good to be true, but the book has some really good messages. Also, the fact that it comes from the author’s personal experience (she went into her daughter’s bedroom one day just to find her dead) redeems it of any sentimentality that’s there. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Me n Len is a warm and humourously nostalgic look back at life int he backwoods of Ontario in the ""good old days."" The setting is the rural area of eastern Haliburton, Ontario, in the decades before the chainsaw and the outboard motor became the commons ounds in this beautiful region of central Canada. The main character is a grizzled and lovable 82-year-old trapper and woodsman named Len who takes the reader through the adventures in his memory to meet the people of his past. The stories he tells and the way he tells them are often funny, sometimes poignant, but always fi Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)971.3History and Geography North America Canada OntarioLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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